Italian:
Piangea cantando
Nell’erma landa
Piangea la mesta
O Salce! Salce! Salce!
Sedea chinando
Sul sen la testa!
Salce! Salce! Salce!
Cantiamo! Cantiamo! Il Salce funebre
Sarà mia ghirlanda
English:
Singing, she wept
On the lonely heath
The poor soul wept
Oh, willow, willow, willow!
She sat, her head
Bent on her breast!
Willow, willow, willow!
Come sing! Come sing! The weeping willow
Shall be my garland